EP2911440B1 - Verfahren, vorrichtung und system zur aufrechterhaltung einer basisstation - Google Patents

Verfahren, vorrichtung und system zur aufrechterhaltung einer basisstation Download PDF

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EP2911440B1
EP2911440B1 EP12888457.4A EP12888457A EP2911440B1 EP 2911440 B1 EP2911440 B1 EP 2911440B1 EP 12888457 A EP12888457 A EP 12888457A EP 2911440 B1 EP2911440 B1 EP 2911440B1
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    • HELECTRICITY
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  • the present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for maintaining a base station, a device, and a system.
  • operation and maintenance on a base station is performed by using an operation and maintenance (operation and maintenance, OM) channel between a network management system (network management system, NMS) device and the base station.
  • OM operation and maintenance
  • NMS network management system
  • the OM channel may be interrupted due to a fault in software or hardware of the base station or a fault in a transmission network of the OM channel, and the base station device cannot be remotely diagnosed or maintained. In this case, people need to visit the base station to perform near-end troubleshooting. Under this circumstance, the base station device is reset to reinitialize the software or hardware, and generally, the interrupted OM channel can be recovered, and normal operation and maintenance is continued.
  • the NMS device when detecting that the OM channel between the NMS device and the base station is interrupted, the NMS device instructs operation and maintenance personnel to visit the base station, to perform an operation such as resetting the base station or unplugging and inserting a board, so as to rectify the fault; or, when detecting that the OM channel between the base station and the NMS is interrupted and that a service channel is fully interrupted, the base station actively performs reset, to attempt to recover the OM channel.
  • the base station does not perform an active reset operation, and in this case, people still need to visit the base station to perform an operation.
  • WO2011113467A1 discloses a method of establishing a relay connection between a relay node and a neighbouring base station comprises the steps of: changing the mode of operation of a base station so that it is capable of operating as a relay node; and establishing an in-band wireless backhaul relay link between the base station operating as a relay node and the neighbouring base station.
  • CN 101170787A discloses a method for maintaining a base station, including the steps: the first base station receives a maintenance command and encapsulates the command in a maintenance message; the first base station send the encapsulated message to a second base station; the second base station receives the message and parses the maintenance command out; and the second base station implements said maintenance command.
  • CN101909316A discloses operation maintenance method and system.
  • the operation maintenance method comprises the following steps: an RNC/BSC (Radio Network Controller/Base Station Controller) detects that an operation maintenance channel currently used between the RNC/BSC and a base station is unavailable; the RNC/BSC selects one available operation maintenance channel from a plurality of operation maintenance channels established between the RNC/BSC and the base station; and the RNC/BSC carries out operation maintenance on the base station through the selected operation maintenance channel.
  • RNC/BSC Radio Network Controller/Base Station Controller
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for maintaining a base station, a device, and a system. Therefore, when an operation and maintenance OM channel is interrupted, it may be not required to instruct personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, thereby implementing remote maintenance of a base station.
  • a method for maintaining a base station includes:
  • the first base station may receive, through the second channel or the third channel, the operation and maintenance command sent by the NMS device, and implement, according to the operation and maintenance command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station. Therefore, it is not required to wait for operation and maintenance personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, so that costs of the site visit by the personnel are reduced, and a speed of response to a fault can be also increased.
  • the implementing, by the first base station according to the operation and maintenance command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station includes:
  • the uploading, by the first base station, local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device according to a log upload command sent by the NMS device includes:
  • a network management system NMS device including:
  • the transmitter is further configured to send a reset command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel, to instruct the first base station to perform a reset operation;
  • the NMS device further includes:
  • a base station including:
  • the receiver is further configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a log upload command sent by the NMS device; or the receiver is further configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a status query command sent by the NMS device; or the receiver is further configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a log upload command sent by the NMS device.
  • the base station further includes:
  • a communications system including:
  • the NMS device when a first operation and maintenance OM channel between the network management system NMS device and the first base station is in an interrupted state, the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station or a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station, to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station. Therefore, it is not required to instruct operation and maintenance personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, so that costs of the site visit by the personnel are reduced, and a speed of response to a fault can be also increased.
  • the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention may be applied to various communications networks, such as: a Global System for Mobile Communications (global system for mobile communication, GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (code division multiple access, CDMA) system, a Universal Mobile. Telecommunications System (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS) system, a Long Term Evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a Long Term Evolution Advanced (long term evolution advanced, LTE-A) and the like.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • Universal Mobile. Telecommunications System universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A Long Term Evolution Advanced
  • network and “system” are exchangeable.
  • a base station may be a site that communicates with a user equipment (user equipment, UE) or another communications site such as a repeater site, and the base station may provide communications coverage for a specific physical area.
  • the base station may be a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS); in the UMTS system, the base station may be a NodeB (Node B); in the LTE system, the base station may be an evolved NodeB (evolved Node B, eNode B).
  • a method for maintaining a base station includes:
  • Step 102 If a first operation and maintenance OM channel between a network management system NMS device and a first base station is in an interrupted state, the NMS device determines whether a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station is available, or whether a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station is available.
  • the second channel includes a channel between the first base station and a second base station and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device
  • the third channel includes a channel between the first base station and a core network node and a third OM channel between the core network node and the NMS device.
  • Step 103 If the second channel between the NMS device and the first base station is available, the NMS device sends an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station; or, if the third channel between the NMS device and the core network node is available, the NMS device sends an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • That the NMS device sends an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station may be specifically: performing the operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the second channel or the third channel, so as to temporarily replace the first OM channel that is in an interrupted state; or, performing the operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the second channel or the third channel, so as to recover the first OM channel that is in an interrupted state.
  • the operation and maintenance may include but is not limited to the following functions: configuration management, fault management, performance management, security management, software management, site deployment manage, device management, remote electrical tilt antenna management, inventory management, and commissioning management.
  • the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station or a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station, to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station. Therefore, it is not required to instruct operation and maintenance personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, so that costs of the site visit by the personnel are reduced, and a speed of response to a fault can be also increased.
  • That the NMS device sends an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station may specifically include:
  • the acquiring, by the NMS device, local logs recorded by the first base station may specifically include:
  • the first base station may perform the reset operation to recover the first OM channel to the normal state.
  • the NMS device may send the reset command to the first base station, so as to instruct the first base station to perform the reset operation.
  • the NMS device may further send the status query command to the first base station, to acquire the device status information of the first base station; or, the NMS device may further send the log upload command to the first base station, to acquire the local logs recorded by the first base station, where the local logs include the operation and maintenance log and the run log that are recorded by the first base station.
  • the operation and maintenance log is generally triggered by the NMS device, and may specifically include the operation and maintenance command executed by the first base station, an obtained operation and maintenance result, and feedback information for the NMS device;
  • the run log is generally triggered by an event, and may include various exceptions in a running process of the first base station, for example, an event caused by a status change of a device, transmission, or an air interface resource.
  • the NMS device may fast analyze and locate a problem by acquiring the device status information of the first base station or the local logs, so as to help determine a reason why the first OM channel is interrupted. For example, the NMS device may learn, by acquiring the local logs, that the reason why the first OM channel is interrupted is transmission interruption, or a Media Access Control (medium access control, MAC) address exception, or another reason, so as to perform troubleshooting correspondingly.
  • MAC Media Access Control
  • the method may further include:
  • Step 101 The NMS device pre-configures one of the following active reset conditions for the first base station, where the active reset conditions include:
  • the NMS device may correspondingly pre-configure one of the active reset conditions for the first base station according to a different networking architecture of a communications network; when the active reset condition is met, the first base station performs the active reset operation, to attempt to recover the first OM channel. Then, if the first OM channel is recovered, the NMS device may perform operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the recovered first OM channel; if the first OM channel is still in an interrupted state, the foregoing step 102 and step 103 may be executed, and operation and maintenance is performed on the first base station by using the second channel or the third channel.
  • the following uses examples for description with reference to different networking architectures.
  • Scenario 1 It is assumed that, in a networking architecture, the NMS device can perform operation and maintenance on the first base station only by using the channel between the first base station and the second base station, and cannot perform operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the channel between the first base station and the core network node.
  • the active reset condition that is configured by the NMS device for the first base station may be that: if the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, and the channel between the first base station and the second base station is also in an interrupted state, the first base station performs the active reset operation.
  • the NMS device may pre-configure the active reset condition for the first base station, so that the first base station can perform the active reset operation in the foregoing case and it is not required to wait for the personnel to visit the site for troubleshooting.
  • the active reset condition that is configured by the NMS device for the first base station may be that: if the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, and the channel between the first base station and the core network node is also in an interrupted state, the first base station performs the active reset operation.
  • the active reset condition configured by the NMS device for the first base station may be that: if the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, and both the channel between the first base station and the second base station and the channel between the first base station and the core network node are in an interrupted state, the first base station performs the active reset operation.
  • the NMS device can perform operation and maintenance on the first base station only by using the channel between the first base station and the second base station, and cannot perform operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the channel between the first base station and the core network node.
  • the active reset condition is set to another manner, it is possible that the first base station cannot perform the active reset operation in a timely manner or performs the reset operation in error.
  • the active reset condition is set to be that: if the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, and both the channel between the first base station and the second base station and the channel between the first base station and the core network node are in an interrupted state, the first base station performs the active reset operation. It is possible that the first base station does not perform active reset in a timely manner, because in this case, the first base station does not need to determine that the channel between the first base station and the core network node is also in an interrupted state.
  • the active reset condition is set to be that: if the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, and the channel between the first base station and the core network node is also in an interrupted state, the first base station performs the active reset operation. It is possible that the first base station performs the reset operation in error, because in this case, the NMS device may perform operation and maintenance on the first base station by using the channel between the first base station and the second base station.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a method for maintaining a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • eNodeB 1 and eNodeB 2 are respectively the first base station and the second base station in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a first operation and maintenance OM channel between the NMS device and eNodeB 1 is marked as OM 1; a second operation and maintenance OM channel between the NMS device and eNodeB 2 is marked as OM 2; a third operation and maintenance OM channel between the NMS device and a core network node such as a mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME) or a serving gateway (serving gate way, S-GW) is marked as OM 3.
  • a channel between the first base station eNodeB 1 and the second base station eNodeB 2 is an X2 interface, and a channel between the first base station eNodeB 1 and the core network node such as the mobility management entity MME or the serving gateway S-GW is an S1 interface.
  • a second channel between the NMS device and eNodeB 1 includes the X2 interface and the second OM channel OM 2; a third channel between the NMS device and eNodeB 1 includes the S1 interface and the third OM channel OM 3.
  • the NMS device determines whether the second channel or the third channel is available; if the second channel is available, the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station; or, if the third channel is available, the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • that the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station may include the following steps:
  • that the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station may include the following steps:
  • the third channel between the NMS device and the first base station may include an OM channel between the NMS device and a base station controller (base station controller, BSC) and an Abis interface between the base station controller BSC and a base transceiver station BTS.
  • BSC base station controller
  • BSC base station controller
  • the third channel between the NMS device and the first base station may include an OM channel between the NMS device and a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC) and an Iub interface between the radio network controller RNC and a base station Node B.
  • RNC radio network controller
  • the NMS device may send the operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • the NMS device may send the operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • a method for maintaining a base station includes:
  • the second channel includes a channel between the first base station and a second base station and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device
  • the third channel includes a channel between the first base station and a core network node and a third OM channel between the core network node and the NMS device.
  • Step 304 The first base station implements, according to the operation and maintenance command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station.
  • a main difference between this embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 lies in that: in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , the method for maintaining a base station is described from a perspective of the NMS device, while in this embodiment, the method for maintaining a base station is described from a perspective of the base station. Therefore, for the method for maintaining a base station in this embodiment, reference may be made to descriptions of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the operation and maintenance may include but is not limited to the following functions: configuration management, fault management, performance management, security management, software management, site deployment manage, device management, remote electrical tilt antenna management, inventory management, and commissioning management.
  • the first base station may receive, through the second channel or the third channel, the operation and maintenance command sent by the NMS device, and implement, according to the operation and maintenance command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station. Therefore, it is not required to wait for operation and maintenance personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, so that costs of the site visit by the personnel are reduced, and a speed of response to a fault can be also increased.
  • That the first base station implements, according to the operation and maintenance command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station may specifically include:
  • the uploading, by the first base station, local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device according to a log upload command sent by the NMS device may specifically include:
  • the first base station may perform the reset operation to recover the first OM channel to the normal state.
  • the first base station may perform the reset operation after receiving the reset command sent by the first base station.
  • the first base station reports the device status information of the first base station to the NMS device, or uploads the local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device, so that the NMS device may fast analyze and locate a problem, thereby helping determine a reason why the first OM channel is interrupted and perform troubleshooting correspondingly.
  • the method may further include:
  • Step 301 The first base station accepts one of the following active reset conditions pre-configured by the NMS device for the first base station, and when the active reset condition is met, the first base station performs the active reset operation, where the active reset conditions include:
  • the first base station may accept one of the active reset conditions that are correspondingly pre-configured by the NMS device according to a different networking architecture of a communications network.
  • the active reset condition is met, the first base station may perform the active reset operation, and it is not required to wait for a reset operation command sent by the NMS device or wait for a site visit by personnel, thereby increasing a speed of response to a fault.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first base station Only when the first base station already determines that the first OM channel between the first base station and the NMS device is still in an interrupted state after the first base station receives the operation and maintenance command that is sent by the NMS device through the second channel or the third channel, the first base station executes the operation and maintenance command.
  • the determining step in step 303 may be used to ensure that, when the first OM channel is in a normal state, the first base station does not execute an operation and maintenance command received from another channel, thereby improving security of operation and maintenance.
  • a network management system NMS device 40 includes a processor 420 and a transmitter 440.
  • the processor 420 is configured to: when a first operation and maintenance OM channel between the NMS device and a first base station is in an interrupted state, determine whether a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station is available, or whether a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station is available, where the second channel includes a channel between the first base station and a second base station and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device, and the third channel includes a channel between the first base station and a core network node and a third OM channel between the core network node and the NMS device.
  • the processor 420 may be further configured to pre-configure one of the following active reset conditions for the first base station, to attempt to recover the first OM channel, where the active reset conditions include:
  • the transmitter 440 is configured to send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • the transmitter 440 may be further specifically configured to send a reset command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel, to instruct the first base station to perform a reset operation; or
  • the transmitter 440 may be further specifically configured to send a status query command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel, to acquire device status information of the first base station; or
  • the transmitter 440 may be further specifically configured to send a log upload command to the first base station through the second channel or the third channel, to acquire local logs recorded by the first base station, where the local logs include an operation and maintenance log and a run log that are recorded by the first base station.
  • the NMS device 40 may further include:
  • the NMS device 40 may be the NMS device in the embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , and may be applied to the foregoing method embodiments. For specific content, reference may be made to descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again.
  • a base station 50 includes a receiver 520 and a processor 540.
  • the receiver 520 is configured to receive an operation and maintenance command that is sent by a network management system NMS device through a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station or a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station, where the second channel includes a channel between the first base station and a second base station and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device, and the third channel includes a channel between the first base station and a core network node and a third OM channel between the core network node and the NMS device.
  • the receiver 520 may be further specifically configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a log upload command sent by the NMS device; or the receiver 520 may be further specifically configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a status query command sent by the NMS device; or the receiver 520 may be further configured to receive, through the second channel or the third channel, a log upload command sent by the NMS device.
  • the processor 540 is configured to implement, according to the operation and maintenance command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station.
  • the processor 540 may be further configured to accept one of the following active reset conditions pre-configured by the NMS device for the first base station, and when the active reset condition is met, perform an active reset operation, where the active reset conditions include:
  • the processor 540 may be further configured to: before the processor 540 implements, according to the operation and maintenance command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, determine that the first OM channel between the first base station and the NMS device is in an interrupted state.
  • the base station 50 may further include:
  • the base station 50 may be the first base station in the embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , and may be applied to the foregoing method embodiments. For specific content, reference may be made to descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again.
  • a communications system includes:
  • the methods for maintaining a base station according to the embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 may be implemented.
  • the NMS device may send an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station or a third channel between the NMS device and the first base station, to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station.
  • the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in the embodiments of the present invention may implement or operate the described functions by using a general processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logical apparatus, a discrete gate or transistor logic, a discrete hardware component, or a design of any combination thereof.
  • the general processor may be a microprocessor.
  • the general processor may also be any traditional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • the processor may also be implemented by a combination of computing apparatuses, such as a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors with a digital signal processor core, or any other similar configuration.
  • Steps of the methods or algorithms described in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly embedded into hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination thereof.
  • the software module may be stored in a RAM memory, a flash memory, a ROM memory, an EPROM memory, an EEPROM memory, a register, a hard disk, a removable magnetic disk, a CD-ROM, or a storage medium of any other form in the art.
  • the storage medium may connect to a processor so that the processor may read information from the storage medium and write information to the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may further be integrated into a processor.
  • the processor and the storage medium may be arranged in an ASIC, and the ASIC may be arranged in a user terminal.
  • the processor and the storage medium may also be arranged in different components of the user terminal.
  • the functions described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by using hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If the present invention is implemented by software, these functions may be stored in a computer-readable medium or are transmitted to the computer-readable medium in a form of one or more instructions or code.
  • the computer-readable medium is either a computer storage medium or a communications medium that enables a computer program to move from one place to another.
  • the storage medium may be an available medium that may be accessed by any general or special computer.
  • such a computer-readable medium may include but is not limited to a RAM, a ROM, an EEPROM, a CD-ROM, or another optical disc storage, a disk storage or another magnetic storage apparatus, or any other medium that may be used to bear or store program code, where the program code is in a form of an instruction or a data structure or in a form that can be read by a general or special computer or a general or special processor.
  • any connection may be appropriately defined as a computer-readable medium.
  • the software is included in a defined computer-readable medium.
  • the disc (disk) and the disk (disc) include a compressed disk, a laser disk, an optical disc, a DVD, a floppy disk, and a Blu-ray disc.
  • the disk generally copies data by a magnetic means, and the disc generally copies data optically by a laser means.
  • the foregoing combination may also be included in the computer-readable medium.

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  1. Verfahren zur Instandhaltung einer Basisstation, umfassend:
    Empfangen (302) eines Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehls durch eine erste Basisstation, der dann, wenn ein zweiter Kanal zwischen einer Netzwerk-Managementsystemvorrichtung, NMS-Vorrichtung, und der ersten Basisstation verfügbar ist, von der NMS-Vorrichtung über den zweiten Kanal gesendet wird,
    wobei der zweite Kanal einen Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einer zweiten Basisstation sowie einen zweiten Betriebs- und Instandhaltungskanal, OM-Kanal, zwischen der zweiten Basisstation und der NMS-Vorrichtung aufweist,
    Feststellen (303) durch die erste Basisstation, dass ein erster OM-Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der NMS-Vorrichtung in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, und
    Implementieren (304) von Betrieb und Instandhaltung der NMS-Vorrichtung auf der ersten Basisstation durch die erste Basisstation gemäß dem Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl,
    wobei:
    das Verfahren ferner vor dem Empfang des Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehls durch die erste Basisstation, der durch die NMS-Vorrichtung über den zweiten Kanal gesendet wird, umfasst:
    Übernehmen (301) einer der folgenden aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen durch die erste Basisstation, die von der NMS-Vorrichtung für die erste Basisstation vorkonfiguriert wurden, und Ausführen eines aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgangs durch die erste Basisstation, wenn die aktive 'Reset'-Bedingung erfüllt wird, wobei die aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen umfassen:
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und sowohl der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation als auch ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei:
    das Implementieren von Betrieb und Instandhaltung der NMS-Vorrichtung auf der ersten Basisstation durch die erste Basisstation gemäß dem Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl umfasst:
    Ausführen eines 'Reset'-Vorgangs durch die erste Basisstation gemäß einem 'Reset'-Befehl, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde, oder
    Anzeigen von Vorrichtungs-Statusinformationen der ersten Basisstation durch die erste Basisstation an die NMS-Vorrichtung gemäß einem Statusabfragebefehl, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde, oder
    Hochladen von lokalen Protokollen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, durch die erste Basisstation auf die NMS-Vorrichtung gemäß einem Protokoll-Hochladebefehl, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde, wobei die lokalen Protokolle ein Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsprotokoll und ein Laufprotokoll umfassen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, wobei:
    das Hochladen von lokalen Protokollen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, durch die erste Basisstation auf die NMS-Vorrichtung gemäß einem Protokoll-Hochladebefehl, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde, umfasst:
    Hochladen der lokalen Protokolle durch die erste Basisstation auf die NMS-Vorrichtung über den zweiten Kanal oder den dritten Kanal, oder
    wenn der erste OM-Kanal bereits in einen normalen Zustand zurückversetzt wurde, nachdem die erste Basisstation gemäß dem Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl den Betrieb und die Instandhaltung der NMS-Vorrichtung auf der ersten Basisstation implementiert, Anzeigen der lokalen Protokolle, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, durch die erste Basisstation über den wiederhergestellten ersten OM-Kanal an die NMS-Vorrichtung.
  4. Netzwerk-Managementsystemvorrichtung, NMS-Vorrichtung, (40) umfassend:
    einen Prozessor (420), der dann, wenn ein erster Betriebs- und Instandhaltungskanal, OM-Kanal, zwischen der NMS-Vorrichtung und einer ersten Basisstation in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, konfiguriert ist, zu bestimmen, ob ein zweiter Kanal zwischen der NMS-Vorrichtung und der ersten Basisstation verfügbar ist,
    wobei der zweite Kanal einen Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einer zweiten Basisstation sowie einen zweiten OM-Kanal zwischen der zweiten Basisstation und der NMS-Vorrichtung aufweist, und
    einen Sender (440), der konfiguriert ist, einen Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl über den zweiten Kanal an die erste Basisstation zu senden, um den Betrieb und die Instandhaltung an der ersten Basisstation durchzuführen, und
    wobei
    der Prozessor (420) ferner konfiguriert ist, eine der folgenden aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen für die erste Basisstation vor zukonfigurieren, um zu versuchen, den ersten OM-Kanal wiederherzustellen, wobei die aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen umfassen:
    die erste Basisstation führt einen aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn der erste OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt einen aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn der erste OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt einen aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn der erste OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und sowohl der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation als auch ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist.
  5. NMS-Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, wobei:
    der Sender (440) speziell konfiguriert ist, einen 'Reset'-Befehl über den zweiten Kanal an die erste Basisstation zu senden, um die erste Basisstation anzuweisen, einen 'Reset'-Vorgang auszuführen, oder
    der Sender (440) speziell konfiguriert ist, einen Statusabfragebefehl über den zweiten Kanal an die erste Basisstation zu senden, um Vorrichtungs-Statusinformationen der ersten Basisstation zu bekommen, oder
    der Sender (440) speziell konfiguriert ist, einen Protokoll-Hochladebefehl über den zweiten Kanal an die erste Basisstation zu senden, um die lokalen Protokolle zu bekommen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, wobei die lokalen Protokolle ein Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsprotokoll und ein Laufprotokoll umfassen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden.
  6. NMS-Vorrichtung (40) nach einem der Ansprüche 4 und 5, ferner umfassend:
    einen Empfänger (460), der konfiguriert ist zum:
    Empfangen der Vorrichtungs-Statusinformationen der ersten Basisstation oder Empfangen der lokalen Protokolle, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, wobei die lokalen Protokolle das Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsprotokoll und das Laufprotokoll umfassen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden.
  7. Basisstation (50), die eine erste Basisstation ist, umfassend:
    einen Empfänger (520), der konfiguriert ist, einen Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl zu empfangen, der dann, wenn ein zweiter Kanal zwischen einer Netzwerk-Managementsystemvorrichtung, NMS-Vorrichtung, und der ersten Basisstation verfügbar ist, von der NMS-Vorrichtung über den zweiten Kanal gesendet wird,
    wobei der zweite Kanal einen Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einer zweiten Basisstation sowie einen zweiten Betriebs- und Instandhaltungskanal, OM-Kanal, zwischen der zweiten Basisstation und der NMS-Vorrichtung aufweist, und
    einen Prozessor (540), der konfiguriert ist, den Betrieb und die Instandhaltung der NMS-Vorrichtung auf der ersten Basisstation gemäß dem Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl zu implementieren,
    wobei der Prozessor (540) ferner konfiguriert ist zum:
    Bestimmen, dass ein erster OM-Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der NMS-Vorrichtung in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, bevor der Prozessor (540) gemäß dem Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsbefehl den Betrieb und die Instandhaltung der NMS-Vorrichtung auf der ersten Basisstation implementiert,
    Übernehmen einer der folgenden aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen, die von der NMS-Vorrichtung für die erste Basisstation vorkonfiguriert wurden, und, wenn die aktive 'Reset'-Bedingung erfüllt ist, Ausführen eines aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgangs, wobei die aktiven 'Reset'-Bedingungen umfassen:
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten auch in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist, oder
    die erste Basisstation führt den aktiven 'Reset'-Vorgang aus, wenn ein erster OM-Kanal in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist und sowohl der Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und der zweiten Basisstation als auch ein Kanal zwischen der ersten Basisstation und einem Kernnetzwerk-Knoten in einem Unterbrechungszustand ist.
  8. Basisstation (50) nach Anspruch 7, wobei:
    der Empfänger (520) speziell konfiguriert ist, über den zweiten Kanal einen Statusabfragebefehl zu empfangen, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde, oder
    der Empfänger (520) speziell konfiguriert ist, über den zweiten Kanal einen Protokoll-Hochladebefehl zu empfangen, der von der NMS-Vorrichtung gesendet wurde.
  9. Basisstation (50) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 und 8, ferner umfassend:
    einen Sender (560), der konfiguriert ist zum:
    Anzeigen von Vorrichtungs-Statusinformationen der ersten Basisstation an die NMS-Vorrichtung, oder
    Hochladen von lokalen Protokollen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden, auf die NMS-Vorrichtung, wobei die lokalen Protokolle ein Betriebs- und Instandhaltungsprotokoll und ein Laufprotokoll umfassen, die von der ersten Basisstation aufgezeichnet wurden.
  10. Kommunikationssystem, umfassend:
    die NMS-Vorrichtung (40) nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6 und die Basisstation (50) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 9.
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